Improvement in uterine-supporters



J. VS. RANKIN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent'No. 91,265, dated June 15, 1869; ontedated .T une 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN' UTERINE-SU'PPOIRILERS.`

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the Inmo.

To all whom) it ma/y concern Be it known that I, J. S. RANKIN, of Pittsburg, in

e, th county'of Allegheny, and State ofA Pennsylvania, have invented a. new and useful Pessaxy, or Uterine- `pended at each end, so as to be united tothe larger cylinder, thus forming an air-tight sack, with a. free passage through it, for the discharge of all uterine excretions.

c is a fine tube, of suicient length, attached to the external cylinder, and through which the pessary is -to be intiated.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

The construction of the pessary, as herein described, that shall, when intlated, entirely fill the cavity of the vagina, holding the uterus in its normal position, and -furnishing a soft cushion to it and all the adjoining parts, and having an opening through it, of sutlcient size to allow ofthe free passage of all uterine discharges, as herein described.

- J. S. RANKIN.

Witnesses:

A. S. NICHOLSON, D. J. PERKINS. 

